단일하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be single

Every form of 단일하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
단일한
아/어Infinitive
단일해
-으니Since
단일하니
합니다Formal
단일합니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 단일해요단일합니다단일해단일하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 단일했어요단일했습니다단일했어단일했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 단일하겠어요단일하겠습니다단일하겠어단일하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 단일할 거예요단일할 것입니다단일할 거야단일할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 단일해요?단일합니까?단일해?단일하니?
과거Past 단일했어요?단일했습니까?단일했어?단일했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 단일해요안 단일합니다안 단일해안 단일하다
-지 않다Not (long) 단일하지 않아요단일하지 않습니다단일하지 않아단일하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 단일하세요단일하십니다단일하셔단일하시다
과거Past 단일하셨어요단일하셨습니다단일하셨어단일하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
단일한
과거Past
단일한
미래Future
단일할
회상Used to
단일하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
단일하고
-게-ly / so that
단일하게
-어서so / and then
단일해서
-으니까since
단일하니까
-으면if / when
단일하면
-지만but
단일하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
단일한데
-어도even if
단일해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

중요한 건 일종의 단일한 개체가 나타나기 시작했다는 겁니다.

But there's a unity of some sort that's starting to emerge.

단일한 물 분자에는 파도가 존재하지 않지만 이들이 모인 바다에는 존재하지요.

Each individual water molecule doesn’t have a tide, but the whole ocean does.

그러나 이것이 단일한 양극성 장애 유전자가 존재함을 의미하지는 않습니다.

But that doesn't mean there's a single bipolar gene.

이들은 모두 이 섬 북동부의 단일한 지역에 살고 있다.

They are all in the same department in Normandy.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 단일하다 in Korean?

단일하다 (to be single) is 단일해요 in the polite 해요체, 단일합니다 in formal 합니다체, 단일해 in casual 반말 and 단일하다 in the plain written style. The past is 단일했어요.

What is the past tense of 단일하다?

단일했어요 in everyday polite speech, 단일했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 단일하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 단일하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 단일하여 and 단일하니 but unchanged in 단일합니다.

What TOPIK level is 단일하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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